Improvement in grain-binders



di?" PATENT@ JUN 2151870A t of one ot' the jaws,

" the bundle when carried by `ably attached tothe` reaperframe,

th'e vertical shaft C, on which the plate D, f carrying the clamps, twisters, and tuckers, is amounted; also, to support suitable driving l mechanism gearing with somemoving part of "ythe rea-per, and imparting rotary `motion to WILLIAM OGLESBY, OF RIDGE PRAIRIE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT: INVGRAlN-BINDRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 104A7, dated June 21, 1870.

" ,j To all 'whom Muay concern:

` Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. OGLEsBY,

` of Ridge Prairie, in the countyof St. Clair and `1 State of Illinois, 1 .ful- Improvements in Grain-Binders; and I do "hereby clear,4 and exact description thereof, which l `will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the `accompanying drawings, forming part of this have invented new and usedeclare that the following is a full,

`specification. Y Thlsinventiou relates `to 4improvements in grain-binding attachments to reaping-ma` b "chilies, and consistsin one or more pairs of j fclamps mounted on y t "support, and provided with a twisting device i and a tucking device,

al horiZontally-revolving and arranged to be held` open for reception ofthe gavel by the 4weight which is closed up by a j Xed bent rod or cam after reception of the i gavel, and the twister and tucker are set in Imotion by toothed racks gearing with pinions Jattachedto them astheyaremoved past the ,j said racks,'twisting the band of straw pre- `1-viously placed in the clamps by hand, and se l curing it by tucking the end under, .as in handbinding, after which thehingedjaw falls open and the bundle is ejected' by a fixed rod,'hav ing one end arranged to stand inthe` path' of the open jaws, all as hereinafter more fully speeiled.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved binder attachment, some parts beingseetioned.

j Fig.2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the upper ends "of the clampt ",ingjaws, showing' the twisting .and tucking devices; and

` the same.

Fig. 4 is a horizontalsection of 4 A is a platform, and B a beam above, suitto support the said shaft. VIn this example two pairs of ,clamping-jaws are attaehcd,one of whichrE, i is permanently eon'neetedto the end of the plate. I), and to a brace, G, projecting from the l shaft; the other, F, is hinged to `E near'the "bottom, and is connected thereat by a brace, E, with a forked compressor-arm, I, `jointed to the shaft C, and projecting at the forked ends past the sides of the jaws to .be forced down, when thejaw F is raised up, upon the gavel, and prevent anyof the straws being clampedbetween the meetingparts of thejaws. The upper end of the jaws have seniieircular hollow spaces K L, which, when the jawsare closed, constitute a circular space, in which vt-he bands are twisted together and tucked under. The jaw E carries the twister, consisting of a hook, M, projecting downward from the disk N, or it may` be an arm on the short spindle 0 journaled in the top of the jaw E, and provided with a pinion, P, at the upper end, by which it is tobe turned when in thecourse of the'revolution around the shaft C it comes in contact with the fixed rack` Q. 'R is a tueker mounted on the spindle S in the cavity L of the jaw `F. It has a notched projection, T, which is held in the position represented in `the drawings by a spring, U, and a stud, V, and the opposite part consists of a brilhat plate, W, on one side of which is a poinv bearing against the stop. The spindle of this tucker is arranged in suitable bearings in the top of the jaw, and has at the outerend apinion, X, for turning it when eoiniiig in contact with th'e rack Y. The bands of straw-are made .by the attendant and placed in the jaws previous to the reception of the gavel, one

end being pressed into the hook M so as to be confined by friction, and the other in the notched end 'I of the tueker in the same way.

It isdesigned to place the gavelin thejaws when in the opeinposition, 'by any suitable raking or other apparatus, which I have not here shown, except as indicated-by the vibrating arm Z at the top of the beam B, to which a to-and-iro motion is communicated by the e'ccentric 'on the shaft and a rod, the said vibrating arm being such asinight be made available for the attachment of a rake to rake the gavels off a platform or apron intothe jaws previous to their arrival at the elevation cof the rod b, by which the swinging jaw F is closed up against the fixed jaw,after which the pinion 'P comes into gearjwith the rack Q, and is set 1in motion, twisting the end of the band held by the hook M around the other end and around the tucker. At the time the pini n I passes beyond the rack Q the pinion M comes into gear with the rack Y, which gives italialf, or

it may be about three-quarters, of a turn,by which both the ends ofthe band,n0\v twisted together are passed down into the bundle and tucked under the band, where they are left by the return of the tucker after escaping' from the rack, the said return movement being caused by the spring M. After the bundle is thus bound the jaws pass beyond the ter1nina tion ofthe rod b, by which the jaw Fis upheld, and it falls down ready for the discharge of the bundle, which is accomplished by the rod (I, onfend of which stands in the path of the bundle, us shown in dotted lines, Fig. l.

l design to so gear the shaft G that it shall rotate thejaws E F suicieutly slow to allow the person standing on the platform A to securely insert the bands in the tueker and twister.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of thejaws E F, twister P M, tucker W 'l X, plate D, cam-rod a b, and

toothed racks Q Y, when arranged as shown WM. B. OGLESBY Witnesses:

THEOPH. HARRISON, STEPHEN E. OGLESBY. 

